Why don't women and men compete together in professional video games and chess? It's been proven that women and men has the same IQ, so sex should not matter in a professional

Answer (1 of 6): They do. There’s nothing stopping a girl from participating in an e-sports tournament, as far as I’m aware. It’s just that not many girls participate as guys do. There’s no discrimination barring them from it. If a girl thinks she’s good, she can enter these tournaments.

Competitive Gaming

Do Men Have An Advantage Over Women in Esports?, by Clarus

Ju Wenjun beats Lei Tingjie in the Women's World Championship Match, winning the title for the 4th time : r/chess

Carlsen Magnus vs Hans Niemann: Inside the cheating scandal that rocked the chess world

Should women compete against men in sports? - The Perspective

Playing to Win: Using Sports to Develop Evidence-Based Arguments - The New York Times

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Why are competitions that require little to no athleticism (chess, esports, etc) separated by gender? - Quora

The Rise of the Professional Cyber Athlete

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Okay, I get physical sports. But why chess? : r/PoliticalCompassMemes

Tkachiev: Why do men dominate chess?

How you would expect the comment section to be under a post stating trans women will be banned from high level woman chess events. : r/NotHowGirlsWork

Chess gender debate in the international press